The Righteous Series by Meg Collett

The day Loey Grace Keene and her best friends condemned a man to death was the day she knew she’d never leave Righteous, Tennessee. Running her grandparents’ coffee shop and old farm distracts her from the sins of her past. ’Course, that’s until she discovers the town’s preacher impaled in the cemetery’s oldest tree.There ain’t never been a storm in Righteous like there was the day Jeronimo James blew into town... moreThe day Loey Grace Keene and her best friends condemned a man to death was the day she knew she’d never leave Righteous, Tennessee. Running her grandparents’ coffee shop and old farm distracts her from the sins of her past. ’Course, that’s until she discovers the town’s preacher impaled in the cemetery’s oldest tree.There ain’t never been a storm in Righteous like there was the day Jeronimo James blew into town. He might be Blackmore Baptist’s new preacher, but Loey’s instincts warn her to stay away from his black eyes, cowboy swagger, and motorcycle. His arrival on the heels of a murder, plus his odd questions about salted graves and hallowed ground, lands him smack dab at the top of her suspect list.Loey’s search for the killer uncovers the magic beneath Righteous’s ancient superstitions and a family secret that further binds her to the town. For centuries, the Keenes have kept Righteous’s threads knotted together, but something sinister is tattering the Seam.Unless Loey can catch the otherworldly killer and embrace her calling as a Keene, the Seam between Righteous and a pocket world will be ripped forever, unleashing a hungry, vengeful creature onto the God-fearing folk of Righteous.The Righteous Series is the twisted sweet tea of Southern paranormal suspense. Delve into a world of mysticism, where the lies run as thick as the accents and the superstitions are born of real and powerful mountain magic. less

The Righteous Series concludes with Bless Their Shallow Graves …A monster prowls the woods of Shiner’s Ridge. No one in Righteous is safe.To stop the Skinned Man before he destroys the Seam and unleashes a plague of evil on Righteous, Loey must uncover the history of the town’s three founders. The closer she gets to the truth, however, the more enemies rise up against her, including an old childhood friend... moreThe Righteous Series concludes with Bless Their Shallow Graves …A monster prowls the woods of Shiner’s Ridge. No one in Righteous is safe.To stop the Skinned Man before he destroys the Seam and unleashes a plague of evil on Righteous, Loey must uncover the history of the town’s three founders. The closer she gets to the truth, however, the more enemies rise up against her, including an old childhood friend. Under the influence of the evil from across the Seam, he will do anything to end his own suffering, including putting Loey in the ground for good.Dale freed Barty, but the man from her mirror is not the man in her bed. This man is a stranger in her dead husband’s clothes. More than her heart is on the line when she’s forced to choose between the man she’s desperate to love and the townsfolk whose blood Barty is craving.To untangle the knots of the past, Loey and Dale must confront the monsters of their present. Saving Righteous from a ravenous evil will demand they sacrifice more than they can afford to lose. If they fail, there won’t be anyone left to salt the graves of the dead. less